Fault location for DC marine power systems

Author

Thomas, David ; Sumner, Mark ; Coggins, David ; Wang, Xiaohui ; Wang, Jing ; Geertsma, Rinze

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Nottingham, Nottingham

fYear

2009

fDate

20-22 April 2009

Firstpage

456

Lastpage

460

Abstract

Modern marine vessels look to employ integrated full electric propulsion systems. This, together with the proposed increase in use of power electronic converters can offer reduced fuel consumption and maintenance plus increased operational flexibility and availability. Some of the issues concerning continuity of power, power quality and system stability are now being addressed. This paper considers the area of fault location - particularly important for the concept of ldquoself-healingrdquo systems. Three technologies are described which may offer potential benefits to future marine power systems, and their application to DC distribution systems is also discussed.

Keywords

electric propulsion; marine systems; power convertors; power supply quality; DC distribution systems; DC marine power systems; fault location; fuel consumption; integrated full electric propulsion systems; power electronic converters; self-healing systems; Circuit faults; Fault location; Power electronics; Power engineering and energy; Power quality; Power system faults; Power system protection; Power system stability; Rectifiers; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, 2009. ESTS 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3438-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3439-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESTS.2009.4906551

Filename

4906551